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Ken Kobre publishes latest book “Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling”

Ken Kobré, head of the photojournalism program at San Francisco State University, founder of KobreGuide and author of “Photojournalism: The Professionals’ Approach,” recently published his latest book “Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling.”

In the 272 pages and 16 chapters, Ken and other industry leaders detail the fundamentals of video storytelling. As an indicator of its potential, Ken notes that “it has already received more requests for possible college adoptions than any previous book published in the film/broadcast division of Focal Press.”

I haven’t had a chance to read it myself (I look forward to pleasure reading in May once I graduate!) but from the preview content and feedback from guest author and former colleague Josh Meltzer I would highly recommend it.

Via email Josh said, “My chapters were made following over 4 dozen interviews with some of my favorite multimedia journalists including Brian Storm, Dia Sugano, Koci, Bob Sacha, Chad stevens, Pam Chen and many many others.”

“The book is based on extensive interviews with (and contributions from) top professionals in the field,” Kobre wrote. “It is for anyone learning how to master the art and craft of telling real short-form stories with words, sound and pictures for the Web or television. The opening chapters cover the foundations of multimedia storytelling, and the book progresses to the techniques required to shoot professional video, and record high quality sound and market the resulting product.”

The 16 chapters include:
1 Telling Stories
2 Finding and Evaluating a Story
3 Successful Story Topics
4 Producing a Story
5 Camera Basics
6 Camera Exposure and Handling
7 Light and Color
8 Recording Sound
9 Combining Audio and Stills
10 Shooting a Sequence
11 Conducting an Interview
12 Writing a Script
13 Editing the Story
14 Ethics
15 The Law
16 Marketing a Story

You can read more about the book over at Kobre’s blog.

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